The 'Hidden Hand' of Europe: Africans' Migration

While Europeans cry that their way of life is under threat, it is Africans who suffer under exploitative conditions on their continent. On 10 June 2018, NGO vessel, the Aquarius, approached the Sicilian shore from the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. The 250-metre long vessel had sailed to Sicily from Malta, having been denied permission to dock by Maltese authorities. The vessel, with 629 African passengers on board, would never make it to its intended destination. Sea-sick and malno

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